S3 is Object-Based Storage Manages data as objects rather then in file systmes or data blocks. Upload any file type you can think of to S3. Examples include photos, videos, code, documents, and text files. Cannot be used to run an OS or DB. S3 Basics Unlimited storage. The total amount of data and the number of objects you can store is unlimited. Objects up to 5 TB in Size. S3 objects can range in size from a minimum of 0 bytes to a maximum of 5 TB....
Virtualization The technology that lies at the core of all cloud operations is virtualization. Virtualization lets you divide the hardware resources of a single physical server into smaller units. That physical server could therefore host multiple virtual machines (VMs) running their own complete operating systems, each with its own memory, storage, and network access. a virtual machine host Cloud Computing Major cloud providers like AWS have enormous server farms where hundreds of thousands of servers and disk drives are maintained along with the network cabling necessary to connect them....